Start your summer with a celebration of summer reading!
1:30-3:30PM
Library plaza outside front doors
Sign up for Summer Reading and get your free book!
Get a Gelato Bar from Gelateria Naia (while supplies last)
Enjoy music with DJ Ivan
2:00-4:00PM
Performances and Arts/Crafts on the 4th Floor
2:00PM Bri Reads and Friends
2:30PM RISE Danza - Cuauhtli Mitotiani Mexica
3:30PM Story Time Band
Teen poetry craft and giveaways in 1st Floor Teen Room
Join us for a very special Library event with award-winning graphic novelist and filmmaker, James Spooner, in conversation at Berkeley’s iconic 924 Gilman Street (Alternative Music Foundation). He will discuss his 2022 graphic novel, The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere., a formative coming-of-age graphic memoir.
Come dance and sing along with the upbeat, joyful music of Asheba! Asheba is a musical storyteller who specializes in children's music and calypso, the music and folkloric tradition of Trinidad, Asheba's homeland. Hope and happiness are the focus of his songs, which range from original melodies to classic children's music with a Caribbean twist!
Ages 0-6.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library
Join us for an evening of music, laughter, and self-expression at Loud in the Library: Queeraoke! Get ready to share your inner diva and embrace the spotlight as we bring the joy of karaoke to the library. This lively event will be hosted by Jota Mercury, an international award winning drag performer who uses drag to challenge machismo as we know it.
Join us for an evening of music, laughter, and self-expression at Loud in the Library: Queeraoke! Get ready to share your inner diva and embrace the spotlight as we bring the joy of karaoke to the library. This lively event will be hosted by Jota Mercury, an international award winning drag performer who uses drag to challenge machismo as we know it.
Please join us at our Central Library on May 12th for a dazzling koto performance from Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto. The performance will take place on our Art and Music 5th floor.
Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto – Koto musician, teacher, band leader, filmmaker
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!
Please join us on Saturday, May 20 at 3pm on the North Branch lawn for a taiko drumming program by Emeryville Taiko.
About Emeryville Taiko
Emeryville Taiko is a non-profit San Francisco Bay Area taiko group providing traditional Japanese drumming classes and performances, led by Sensei Susan Horn.
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month coming in May!
Please join us on Saturday, April 29 at 11am on the North Branch lawn for performances by Cal VSA Lion Dance and by Fei Tian Dancers. All ages are welcome to this program.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
11:00am - 11:15am > Cal VSA Lion Dance
11:15am - 11:45am > Fei Tian Dancers
Sponsored by Friends of the Berkeley Public Library
About Cal VSA Lion Dance
The Bay Area Book Festival is holding various Children's events throughout Central on Saturday, May 6th! Find full details on the Bay Area Book Festival Website!